During the 1840s, the Hawaiian government continued to reorganize, establishing departments and administrative structures....
David Malo was a Hawaiian scholar and royal adviser, who is perhaps best remembered today for his book, Hawaiian Antiquities,...
For Hawaiians, land was not something to be bought and sold but a living ancestor....
On July 11, 1842, Levi Chamberlain, business agent for the Mission, bundled four of his children and two others into...
John (Ioane) Kāneiakama Papa ‘Ī‘ī was an esteemed statesman and royal adviser, who ultimately served four consecutive monarchs, from Kamehameha...
Kauikeaouli was the son of Kamehameha I and his sacred wife, Keōpūolani....
On this anniversary marking the 200th year of the missionaries’ departure from New England and arrival in Hawai‘i, we acknowledge...
Though sometimes criticized for being a product of Western ideas, the Declaration of Rights and Constitution transformed Hawai‘i....
By the mid-1830s, Hawai‘i had endured a series of escalating foreign conflicts....
The Rev. Hiram Bingham led the first company of missionaries to Hawai‘i in 1819 – 1820....
Queen Ka‘ahumanu was the favorite wife of Kamehameha I, who united the Hawaiian Islands....
View the interactive map of the islands of Kaua‘i, O‘ahu, Maui and Hawai‘i to see key Ali‘i and mission members...